n. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.

n. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection.

n. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.

n. The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice: as, to take into consideration the probable consequences.

n. Careful reflection; serious deliberation.

n. Contemplation; observation; heed: with of: as, he was acquitted in consideration of his youth.

n. Thoughtful, sympathetic, appreciative, or deserved regard or respect: with for before the subject considered: as, consideration for the feelings of others is the mark of a gentleman.

n. Some degree of importance; claim to notice or regard; place in or hold upon regard, attention, or thought.

n. That which is or should be considered; a subject of reflection or deliberation; a matter of import or consequence; something taken or to be taken into account: as, the public good should be the controlling consideration with a statesman.

n. Recompense for trouble, service rendered, or the like; remuneration.

n. In law, that which a contracting party accepts as an equivalent for a service rendered; the sum or thing given, or service rendered, in exchange for something else, or the sum, thing,or service received in exchange for something; the price of a promise or a transfer of property.

Then comes the question of honour; and although the Federals affect to be too philosophical to admit that this consideration is at the bottom of the war, and though they pretend to rest the struggle upon certain principles, we firmly believe that they have too much of the Anglo-Saxon in them to permit them to forget the idea of national honour.